Salser loses first bout, but not respect in all-out war

Show was a home run

7:51 PM,
Aug. 17, 2013

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It was not only a historic night but an electric night in Chicago - and Marc Salser's fists helped produce the voltage.

The more than 10,000 fans inside U.S. Cellular Field for "The Big Fight 2" witnessed not only the city's first boxing card in the major league stadium (formerly Comiskey Park) in more than 50 years, but saw hometown kid Adrian Granados hand Salser his first professional defeat in a junior welterweight slugfest that featured three knockdowns and stunning shifts in momentum.

Joe Tessitore, handling the call on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights telecast, described the match as ...